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460 BCE
460 BC: Hippocrates was born. He became the first Epidemiology and made groundbreaking discovers published in his literature (Hajar, 2015).
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300 BCE
300 BC: Diocles publishes the first anatomy book (Hajar, 2015).
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280 BCE
280 BC: Herophilus studies the nervous system (Hajar, 2015).
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1249
1249: Roger Bacon invented glasses (spectacles) (Hajar, 2015).
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1347
1347: Bubonic Plague Epidemic in Europe (History.com Editor, 2010).
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1546
1546: Girolamo Fracastoro presents the naturalistic framework pertaining to contagion (syphilis, rabies, measles, scabies) (Bynum, 2020).
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1676: Thomas Sydenham argues that there should be disease classifications in Medical Observations (Bynum, 2020).
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1754: A Treatise on Scurvy by James Lind is published, which discusses the disease Scurvy (Timeline of epidemiology).
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1796: The first recorded Smallpox Vaccination (Timeline of epidemiology).
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1851: First International Sanitary Conference (Timeline of epidemiology).
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1853: Cholera Epidemic in London (Alfred, 2017).
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1857: The first convention regarding quarantines, certain diseases, and public health educational activities was held (Timeline of epidemiology).
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1876: Joseph Lister releases the idea of the “antiseptic system”, where they would use carbolic acid to disinfect wounds and instruments prior to surgery to reduce sepsis cases (Bynum, 2020).
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1882: Robert Koch discovers tubercle bacillus, which is the cause of many bacterial diseases at the time (Bynum, 2020).
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1913: Milk Pasteurization shown to be effective in disease control (Timeline of epidemiology).
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1948: The Creation of WHO (World Health Organization) (Timeline of epidemiology).
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1980: Eradication of Smallpox (Timeline of epidemiology).
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2004: Avian Influenza (Tiensin et al., 2005).
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2004: (CERL) Computational Epidemiology Research Laboratory (Timeline of epidemiology).
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2020: COVID-19 Pandemic